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Category Archives: Industry
Children’s Health Ireland: Photobiomodulation for the treatment of cancer therapy side effects
THOR is helping to improve the quality of life of Children’s Health Ireland patients who are undergoing treatment for cancer, and will not rest until every single patient in need has access to our Photomedicine Photobiomodulation (red light) therapy, which is featured in this RTE news piece.
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on Children’s Health Ireland: Photobiomodulation for the treatment of cancer therapy side effects
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: Mucositis and Photobiomodulation video
Oral mucositis is a term used to describe having a sore mouth, often with multiple painful ulcers. It is a side effect of cancer treatment that affects up to eight in every ten children who have chemotherapy.
This is a film by Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust about mucositis and a light treatment (called photobiomodulation) that can be used to prevent and treat this. It has been designed and filmed with children and young people who have had mucositis, and those who have had the light treatment.
This video was made as part of a research project, that aimed to find out how acceptable the light treatment was to children as part of their cancer treatment. The children and young people involved in this video hope that it will help to tell other children and their families what mucositis can be like, and what to expect with the light treatment.
You can watch the video on lchtv.com/photobiomodulation
For more, please visit Leeds Hospitals Charity and Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
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on Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust: Mucositis and Photobiomodulation video
Making the hardest days easier – photobiomodulation for treatment of oral mucositis
Oral mucositis is a common side effect of high-dose chemotherapy or radiotherapy, leaving many patients unable to eat, drink, or swallow and consequently requiring tube feeding.
Until recently, there had been no satisfactory treatment or method of prevention. However, Photobiomodulation (PBM), a light therapy treatment proven safe and effective by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), is now widely used across the NHS with incredible results.
Jenny Gale, a head and neck clinical nurse specialist at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Trust, said: “It can really make your mouth sore, and it hurts to swallow, which can make eating and drinking difficult, as well as impacting your general wellbeing.”
She added: “PBM is completely painless and very simple to carry out; most patients can do … Continue reading
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on Making the hardest days easier – photobiomodulation for treatment of oral mucositis
I was alive, but now I’m living again, says cancer survivor Cindy
Cancer survivors are getting their lives back – thanks to a trail-blazing initiative at a bespoke post-cancer service at Nottingham City Hospital.
Nottingham Macmillan Late Effects helps people manage the physical, the psychological, and the psychosexual consequences of cancer treatment – and is the only place in the UK using photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy to treat the long-term effects of radiotherapy.
Cindy Martin, 64, who was left with disfiguring scars after surgery for stage 4 cancer of the saliva gland, says PBM therapy has given her back her life.
“The radiotherapy was so intense, my skin became necrotic. By the time I found Late Effects, I was convinced I would always have open wounds on my face.”
Radiation-induced fibrosis – or tissue scarring – is completely unavoidable and can develop in the area being treated with radiotherapy years after the radiotherapy has stopped – with life-changing effects on patients.
“Looking through photographs from … Continue reading
Posted in Industry, Testimonials, THE FUTURE OF PBM/LLLT
on I was alive, but now I’m living again, says cancer survivor Cindy
THOR and PBM making national news
The BBC and Daily Mail are helping to reveal PBM (Photobiomodulation Therapy) into the wider community. With more public awareness of the amazing benefits how PBM light therapy is massively improving lives, we hope it will encourage more people to search it out and ask for this treatment in their own locations.
Read the BBC article:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cg3ee8xl96eo
Read the Daily Mail PDF article:
Daily Mail Gadget that shines bright red LEDs to mend cancer scars now being used to treat debilitating scarring and swelling in the mouth caused by radiotherapy
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on THOR and PBM making national news
New light therapy helps to ease pain for head and neck cancer patients
Cancer patients are benefiting from a new light therapy treatment which tackles a common side effect caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Photobiomodulation (PBM) has launched in hospitals run by East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) to prevent or treat oral mucositis. It occurs when cancer treatments damage the lining of the mouth. This can leave the tissue vulnerable to ulceration and infection.
All head and neck cancer patients having radiotherapy are being offered PBM at Colchester and Ipswich hospitals.
The treatments are being overseen by Jenny Gale, radiotherapy sister at Colchester, and Lyndsey Rew Macmillan specialist radiographer at Ipswich.
Jenny is also interim head and neck clinical nurse specialist at ESNEFT. She has had radiotherapy … Continue reading
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on New light therapy helps to ease pain for head and neck cancer patients
Pope Francis praises Light Therapy after recovery
Pope Francis credits Light Therapy for his recovery from a wheelchair during a ceremony on Saturday, April 29, during his homily at St. Elisabeth Church in Budapest. Pope Francis spoke of how the red-light therapy healed his fractured knee. The Pope was able to stand up out of his wheelchair and walk with a and walk with a cane.
To read the full article, go here: https://themissionstribune.com/headlines
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on Pope Francis praises Light Therapy after recovery